- Author
- Patrick Audley
- Location
- 49.281132-123.125818The Electra989 Nelson St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanada

- Updated
- 2001-07-31
- Date
- My 24th Birthdaya spectacular celebration2001-07-292001-07-3049.281132-123.125818The Electra989 Nelson St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanada

This birthday was special to me even before it passed… I’d always known that my 24th birthday would be special; over the years I’d thought of different reasons why it should be special to explain the feeling of anticipation that I’d always had towards it. 24 is the age of adulthood in some magical orders, it’s halfway through my TenYearPlan(tm), and many other reasons. It wasn’t until Elizabeth gave my a beautiful glass box during my second trip to Scotland that I realized why it will be special: I’d found love.
Fireworks
The eve before my birthday, Pam invited me to her Fireworks party to meet her new boyfriend Fausto. We all got along really well even though we had to speak French often (Fausto spoke only Italian and French then). We had a blast — Pam’s parties are always fun! Fausto made dinner and we ate, drank, and drank some more. He brought this wicked Italian liqueur over with him from home called Limoncello that got us all really smashed but still managed to remain appealing the whole night. It’s still a favourite drink of mine…
After the fireworks, we went dancing at the Odyssey for a few hours and had a blast! The club was packed and we danced the entire time 
The 29th
Despite recovering from my partying the night before, I still had a nice lunch with my Dad and Jill. We went to Milestones and had a relaxing time.
Dinner with Mom was an echo of my 18th birthday, we had a very nice dinner; it was a great end to a special birthday.